This command will label a coordinate on the screen. You can
choose to label the northing and easting, or the elevation, or all
three properties. The point can be picked on screen, or specified
by point number or point group from the current coordinate (.CRD)
file. Options include drawing a box around the label, labeling both
feet and meters, setting the layer name for the label, setting the
display precision, deciding whether or not to use a leader and
selecting a change in the symbol used to mark the point. You can
also set the text prefix and suffix for the label. Additionally, you can locate a label on Real Z
Axis. The Label With Inches option labels with whole feet
and inches for the decimal part. The Label Point Number
option uses the point number from the coordinate file.
The
Label Description option is for including a description with
the label. There is a choice for placing this description as a
header or footer. The program will prompt for the description. The
Use MText option chooses between creating the labels as
MText or regular text entities. The Label Angle
setting chooses between having the labels horizontal, at a fixed
azimuth or prompting to pick the angle for each label. The Label
Style chooses between labeling with a leader, with a symbol, as
an MLeader entity or along the x/y axis. The Separate Negative
Labels option has prefix and suffix settings for negative
coordinates that can be used for South and West labels. The
Label Lat/Lon adds latitude and longitude labels to the
coordinate labels. To use this option, the coordinate system must
be defined in the Drawing Setup command.
Label Along Axis
There is also an option to label the Delta X, Y and/or Z between
two points, which is called Label Delta Between Two Points.
When this option is clicked On, and after the prompt, you will
first click two points locations. The label, with the delta
value(s), will then be placed precisely in between these two pick
locations. If, for example, the North, East and Elevation button is
chosen, the resulting label will show the N, E and Z delta
values.
Label Coordinates/Elevation
dialog
Point to Label ?
Pick point or point number: pick a point
Point to Label (ENTER to End)?
Pick point or point number: press Enter
Pulldown Menu Location: Annotate
Keyboard Command: labcoor
Prerequisite: None